Sonnets From The Portuguese XXI             葡萄牙人情詩 第21首

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning                                                        伊麗莎白·芭蕾德·白朗寧 【英】     

Say over again, and yet once over again,                                再說上一遍，而且要一遍又一遍,

That thou dost love me. Though the word repeated             說你真心愛我。縱然重复這樣做，

Should seem 'a cuckoo song', as thou dost treat it,                類似 '布穀鳥之歌'，誠如你這樣說，

Remember, never to the hill or plain,                                   可別忘了，森林峽谷，山巒平原，

Valley and wood, without her cuckoo-strain                            若無布穀鳥一再頻頻啼叫哀鳴，

Comes the fresh Spring in all her green completed.               那蒼翠清新的春天斷不會完美。

Belovèd, I, amid the darkness greeted                                   心上人啊，我，在黑暗中痛苦期待，

By a doubtful spirit-voice, in that doubt's pain,                      疑惑，來自一個精靈迷茫的聲音，

Cry, 'Speak once more---thou lovest!' Who can fear                哭訴，'再說一遍---你愛！' 誰會害怕

Too many stars, though each in heaven shall roll,                  漫天繁星，縱然它們會斗轉星移；

Too many flowers, though each shall crown the year?            繁花似錦，縱然它們要加冕年華？

Say thou dost love me, love me, love me--- toll                     說你真心地愛我，愛我，愛我--- 宛似

The silver iterance!---only minding,  Dear,                             銀鈴叮叮叮叮！---只是別忘了，親愛的，

To love me also in silence with thy soul.                                你的靈魂，即便沉默也要愛著我。

HKDCSH 2016.09.15 譯於香港